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Air Bridge
by Hammond Innes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this novel by Hammond Innes. In the original dustwrapper. This work is set during the Berlin Airlift. It centres around three characters who are ex-R.A.F fliers and are follows their desperate attempts to get their machine on the Airlift in time. This work is set partially at RAF Gatow, RAF Membury after its closure and RAF Wunstorf. Hammond Innes was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels as well as children's and travel books. In original cloth binding and held in original dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight age toning to the edges, particularly to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is sound with losses to the head and tail of spine. Minor chipping to the flyleaves. Sunning to wrap and rubbing to the joints and the rear wrap. Spotting to wrap internally. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD13-D-10
- Title
- Air Bridge
- Author
- Hammond Innes
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- hammond innes berlin airlift raf membury berlin airlift wunstorf
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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